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Design

Core Elements and Essential Principles of Graphic Design

Graphic design goes beyond simply creating visually appealing images: it plays an important role in communicating clear, powerful messages and maximizing brand value. Today's desig

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Information technology

Slowing Down Faster Than Hardware Speeds Up: Wirth’s Law

Wirth’s Law is the rule of thumb that software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster. This piece covers where it came from, why software keeps getting heavier, examples arou

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Chemistry

A Different Color for Every Element: The Flame Test

A flame test identifies metal elements by the unique color of light they emit in a flame. This piece covers how the colors arise, Bunsen and Kirchhoff’s spectroscopy, fireworks, an

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Business administration

The More of Us, the Less Each Tries: The Ringelmann Effect

Why does each person pull less hard when more people join in? This article covers Ringelmann's rope experiments, the two causes of lost performance, everyday and workplace examples

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Chemistry

Why Bubbles Fizz When You Open the Lid: Henry's Law

Henry's law says that the amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to the pressure of the gas above it. This article covers why a soda fizzes when opened, what happens i

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Physics

Superconductors Open New Horizons in Technology

Superconductors are materials whose electrical resistance becomes 0, meaning that current can flow without energy loss. Thanks to this property, superconductors offer possibilities

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Earth science

Cooling Cities: Understanding and Responding to Heat Waves

Heat waves are occurring frequently around the world, and their intensity and frequency are steadily increasing. As a result, many people are experiencing health problems, and agri

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Earth science

When the Whole Planet Froze Over: Snowball Earth

Snowball Earth is the hypothesis that Earth’s surface was once almost entirely covered in ice during the Cryogenian Period. This article explains how the idea arose, the ice-albedo

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Information technology

The Dilemma of Distributed Systems: The CAP Theorem

The CAP theorem states that a distributed system cannot guarantee consistency, availability, and partition tolerance all at once. This article covers how the theorem came about and